Authority Quote by Vance Havner Download Open image “What gives the Word of God authority is simply the fact that it is the word of God!” — Vance Havner ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Authority Christian Christian inspirational Facts Giving Power Word of god
If I believe authority is raised by God - I understand I don't understand all things. And what those purposes are. He's a sovereign… — Paula White Copy Share Image
“The authority of God is not ... an arbitrary, external authority, demanding blind obedience ... The authority of God is a wooing and conquering… — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“The authority of God is unlike what is usually meant by "external authority" ... The authority of God brings perspective, joy and hope.” — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
The belief in authority is the source of conscience; which is therefore not the voice of God in the heart of man, but the… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“The authority of God's Word is not an arbitrary, external authority. It is a wooing and conquering authority. Scripture's authority does not demand blind… — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
Real spiritual authority has to do with the truth of the actual words being spoken, and the spirit of the person behind the words.… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
To me, authority is something that a freer spirit, a more independent mind, and a person who can handle the world, doesn't need guidance… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Authority is not power; that's coercion. Authority is not knowledge; that's persuasion, or seduction. Authority is simply that the author has the right to… — Herman Kahn Copy Share Image
God is the foundation of all authority, He exercises that foundation because He is the author and the owner of His creation. He is… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“Authority ... cannot be a darksome power that compels us to subject ourselves without reason ... Something happens in revelation that is totally different… — G.C. Berkouwer Copy Share Image
Authority, as you usually think of it, is merely the excuse the strong use to make others conform to what they want. — William P. Young Copy Share Image
Plenty of church members are shaky about what they believe, while not many are shaken by what they believe. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
It is one thing to say Jesus is all you want; until He is all you have and you discover He is all you… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
There are many who say they want to be victorious Christians, but few are willing to endure the discipline necessary to make one a… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
The only way to meet the modern demon-stration of the powers of darkness is by a demonstration of the power of God. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
God is on the lookout today for a man who will be quiet enough to get a message from Him, brave enough to preach… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
The last word of our Lord to the church was not the Great Commission. The last thing He said to the church was 'Repent.'… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Salt seasons, purifies, preserves. But somebody ought to remind us that salt also irritates. Real living Christianity rubs this world the wrong way. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
I can conceive of no greater, more romantic and interesting adventure than to undertake to live like Jesus in this complicated day. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
The church is so subnormal that if it ever got back to the New Testament normal it would seem to people to be abnormal. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
A preacher who is too big for a little crowd would be too little for a big crowd. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ demands more complete allegiance than any dictator who ever lived. The difference is, He has a right to it. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
In other days people chose a church on the basis of their doctrinal convictions. Now, lacking doctrinal convictions, they choose for social reasons. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better? — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
Islam never differentiates between men and women as regards political rights and puts them on an equal footing. However, even if a woman is… — Yusuf al-Qaradawi Copy Share Image
I think people need to be comfortable questioning the authority of a doctor. — Susannah Cahalan Copy Share Image
At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight. — Stendhal Copy Share Image
Throughout human history, as our species has faced the frightening, terrorizing fact that we do not know who we are, or where we are… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
“I'm of the age and immaturity level that I cannot give you my respect solely because you are older or ranked higher on an… — Erica Goros Copy Share Image
In the end theologians are jealous of science, for they are aware that it has greater authority than do their own ways of finding… — Jerry A. Coyne Copy Share Image
Every wife ought to answer for her man. If the husband be engaged in a seditious club, or drinks mysterious healths, or be frugal… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Miracles are like candles lit up until the sun rises, and then blown out. Therefore, I am amused when I hear sects and churches… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The execution was set for the 29th of March, at nine in the morning. This delay was due to a desire on the part… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I started with the belief that every person who came to the laboratory was free to accept or to reject the dictates of authority.… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share Image
The rationale which accompanies that imposition of male authority euphemistically referred to as 'the battle of the sexes' bears a certain resemblance to the… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image